Children born to the parties, or to either spouse, in a marriage relationship which may be dissolved or annulled pursuant to sections 42-347 to 42-381 shall be legitimate unless otherwise decreed by the court, and in every case the legitimacy of all children conceived before the commencement of the suit shall be presumed until the contrary is shown.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-377
Legitimacy of children
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case State on Behalf of Hopkins v. Batt (1998)
Most recently applied in Chatterjee v. Chatterjee (March 2023)
Laws 1972, LB 820, § 31; Laws 1997, LB 229, § 21; Laws 2019, LB427, § 1.
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